Bridewell Royal Hospital:
Minutes of the Court of Governors
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26th April 1781 - 12th July 1792

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Image 34 of 51426th April 1781


Continued Thursday 26th. April 1781

And that the Sum Total of the Money Expended
for Bethlem Hospital this Year Amounts to
£6929..18..8½ the Particulars whereof Appear by
the Hospital Ledger in fo: 217}
6929..18..84

Which Sum of £6929..18..8½ being Deducted out
of the said Sum of £8481..11..4 there remains the
Sum of}
1551..12..74

Part of which was Applied in Discharged of the Exceedings
this Year of Bridewell Hospital and the rest remained in
the Treasurer's Hands at his Death

And We further Certify that the Ballances remaining
at Christmas 1780 in the hands of the Treasurers and different
Officers of the Hospitals and Receiver of the Lincolnshire Estate
were as follows Vizt.

In the hands of
Nathaniel Thomas< no role > Esqr Treasurer 1112..10..1
John Woodhouse< no role > Esqr . Clerk 456..1..4½
John Griffiths< no role > Steward of Bridewell 159..4..6½
Henry White< no role > Steward of Bethlem65..3..10½
John Bourne< no role > Lincolnshire Receiver 18..14..7½
£1811..14..6

And We have in the Schedules to this our Report annexed
Setforth the Names of all such Tenants who at Christmas last
were above 9 Months or Arrear with the same they respectively
Owed Their Annual Rents and in when Collection the same are
And It appearing to Us that the Sum of £6 Mentioned to
be due from Ann Allys for a Door Way has been carried on
for several Years in the Hospital Books and there being no
Prospect of its being paid on or any Prospect of receiving the Sum of
£13..9..6 from one Elizabeth Reid< no role > who ran away about 2 Years
age and has not been heard of and the Houses since burnt down
Nor of receiving £21 from James Rusberton< no role > who is supposed to
be gone to America and whose Wife and Children are in the Workhorn
We are of Opinion the same should not Continue in the
Books from Year to Year but be Left out of the Account at the
next General Audit Nevertheless the same is Submitted
to the Judgment of the Court.




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